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Giving is Good For You
Biteback Publishing 2013; US$ 23.33Inequality in Britain is on the rise. Does this matter? Should we be bothered that the rich give proportionately much less than the poor? And that only a small minority of the very wealthy are giving generously? Ninety per cent of NHS trusts are restricting routine operations. Youth unemployment is at record levels. Meanwhile, those on the Sunday... more...
Women at the Ready
Little, Brown Book Group 2013; Not AvailableA lively history of the Second World War on the Home Front told through the stories of the women serving in the Women's Voluntary Services more...
Women at the Ready
Little, Brown Book Group 2013; US$ 40.76A lively history of the Second World War on the Home Front told through the stories of the women serving in the Women's Voluntary Services more...
The Greater Good
Henry Holt and Co. 2013; US$ 17.99A persuasive re-examination of American prosperity and the generosity that has built our nation For over a century, the United States has stood as a beacon of prosperity and democracy, proof that big business and big dreams could flourish side by side. Yet few Americans realize the crucial role that generosity plays in keeping that fragile balance.... more...
Doing Bad by Doing Good
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 25.95In 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the lives of millions. The call to assist those in need was heard around the globe. Yet two years later humanitarian efforts led by governments and NGOs have largely failed. Resources are not reaching the needy due to bureaucratic red tape, and many assets have been squandered. How can... more...
However Long the Night
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 20.99In However Long the Night , Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa. This moving biography details Melching's beginnings at the University of Dakar... more...
However Long the Night
HarperCollins 2013; Not AvailableIn However Long the Night , Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa. This moving biography details Melching's beginnings at the University of Dakar... more...
Building a People-Oriented Security Community the ASEAN way
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00ASEAN has declared its intention to create a security community in Southeast Asia that is people-orientated. This book evaluates ASEAN?s progress, and in doing so examines three matters of concern. The book firstly looks at the importance of constitutive norms to the workings of security communities, by identifying ASEAN?s constitutive norms and... more...
Humanitarian Intervention
Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95A singular development of the post Cold-War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor, and more recently Libya to Côte d'Ivoire, soldiers have rescued some civilians in some of the world's most notorious war zones. Could more be saved? Drawing on over two decades of research, Thomas... more...
Aid and Political Conditionality
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 37.95Foreign aid has increasingly become subject to political conditionality. In the 1980s some institutions made aid dependent upon the recipient countries' economic policy reforms. Market liberalisation was the primary instrument and objective. In the 1990s such conditionality was brought one step further; aid was now linked to political reforms, affecting... more...









